September 2015 Issue Business View Caribbean

36 September 2015 - Business View Caribbean this clinic idea and we took it across the globe. “One of the other things that we have done is that we were the first company to introduce a mobile, paint- mixing lab. If you were in the hinterlands of Jamaica and you had a little garage there, we would take the shop to you. So if you had a repair job, you wouldn’t have to spend your money to come down to a fixed shop to get the paint. You know we would be coming to the region, you had your repairs lined up, you just walk up to us - we carry samples - you use the paint to do your repair job, you pay for it, and we move on. “So we’ve always done creative things like that to get people to buy the product. And we do the same across the other three product lines. The furniture finish; we would hold furniture repainting and refinishing dem- onstrations. Same thing with the decorative paints; we have been working with contractors. And the same with our industrial products.” After 25 years in business, Edgechem still works dili- gently to expand its product offerings. “We just up- graded our automotive line.” says McHargh. “Each year, we add different products. We have a couple of formulations that will be coming out in the next couple of months. Three of our product categories will have new products hitting the line.” The company is also planning some new construction. “We just acquired some additional land. We don’t know what’s going to happen yet, but certainly in the next three to five years, we should be constructing a new administrative facil- ity and converting our current factory and administra- tion [building] to just a factory by itself.” Edgechem also hopes to expand its territorial spread.